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Photo gallery The porch and front portion of the house date from 1888. The porch with its wicker furniture is at the very centre of Chautauqua life. New landscaping for the 2010 season connects the front of the House to the Institution's red brick walks Members of the Kenmore United Methodist Church youth group helped with pre-season cleanup, June 2010 Everyone is welcome at the chapel service each Sunday morning during the summer season. Juanita Jackson sings at a Sunday chapel service; Janet Fitts is at the organ. Fellowship begins in the chapel after the Sunday 9:30 a.m. service. The upper porch is used for conversation and sometimes mealtimes by week-long residents of the house. New generations are among the summer season visitors at the House. Lois Minnagh, right, has been a supporter of the House for decades and formerly served on the board. Old friends meet every summer on the porch . . . and newcomers quickly become old friends. If there's ever a pause in the Chautauqua program, the porch is a good place for games. Groups from UM churches in New York and Pennsylvania host the Tuesday social hours. Rev. Paul Womack of Chautauqua's Hurlbut Memorial Community Church speaks in the House's chapel. Music at the house: Michael Christie performs at a chapel service, August 2009 More music: one of the Summer Strummers performs at the UM House annual meeting, July 2009 In cool or wet weather the parlor is the place for conversation. Karen Douds, the UM House hostess (center), welcomes friends to the porch. More photos of life at United Methodist House are welcome, especially pictures from the “retreat season” between September and June. Additional information about these pictures and names of the people shown would also be happily received. Please e-mail credmond@uwaterloo.ca.